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Full-Service Bitcoin Marketing Agency.<br />
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==Services Offered==<br />
*Content Marketing<br />
*Webite Design<br />
*Public Relations (PR)<br />
*SEO - Search Engine Optimization<br />
*PPC - Pay per click<br />
*Social Media Management and Advertising<br />
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==History==<br />
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Founded in 2013 by Josh Blatchford<br />
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==Past Clients==<br />
*EveryDice<br />
*QuickBitcoin<br />
*Banx Capital<br />
*Xzzx Exchange<br />
*Bitcoin PR Buzz<br />
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==External Links==<br />
http://BitNewt.com - Full Service Bitcoin Marketing Agency<br />
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Full-Service Bitcoin Marketing Agency.<br />
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==Services Offered==<br />
*Content Marketing<br />
*Webite Design<br />
*Public Relations (PR)<br />
*SEO - Search Engine Optimization<br />
*PPC - Pay per click<br />
*Social Media Management and Advertising<br />
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==History==<br />
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Founded in 2013 by Josh Blatchford<br />
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==Past Clients==<br />
*EveryDice<br />
*QuickBitcoin<br />
*Banx Capital<br />
*Xzzx Exchange<br />
*Bitcoin PR Buzz<br />
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==External Links==<br />
http://BitNewt.com - Full Service Bitcoin Marketing Agency</div>Iamrichardhttps://tests.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?title=BitNewt&diff=50294BitNewt2014-08-19T06:47:49Z<p>Iamrichard: </p>
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Full-Service Bitcoin Marketing Agency.<br />
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==Services Offered==<br />
*Content Marketing<br />
*Webite Design<br />
*Public Relations (PR)<br />
*SEO - Search Engine Optimization<br />
*PPC - Pay per click<br />
*Social Media Management and Advertising<br />
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==History==<br />
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Founded in 2013 by Josh Blatchford<br />
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==Past Clients==<br />
*EveryDice<br />
*QuickBitcoin<br />
*Banx Capital<br />
*Xzzx Exchange<br />
*Bitcoin PR Buzz<br />
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==External Links==<br />
http://BitNewt.com - Full Service Bitcoin Marketing Agency</div>Iamrichardhttps://tests.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?title=BitNewt&diff=50293BitNewt2014-08-19T06:47:41Z<p>Iamrichard: </p>
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Full-Service Bitcoin Marketing Agency.<br />
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==Services Offered==<br />
*Content Marketing<br />
*Webite Design<br />
*Public Relations (PR)<br />
*SEO - Search Engine Optimization<br />
*PPC - Pay per click<br />
*Social Media Management and Advertising<br />
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==History==<br />
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Founded in 2013 by Josh Blatchford<br />
<br />
==Past Clients==<br />
*EveryDice<br />
*QuickBitcoin<br />
*Banx Capital<br />
*Xzzx Exchange<br />
*Bitcoin PR Buzz<br />
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==External Links==<br />
http://BitNewt.com - Full Service Bitcoin Marketing Agency</div>Iamrichardhttps://tests.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?title=BitNewt&diff=50292BitNewt2014-08-19T06:47:06Z<p>Iamrichard: </p>
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Full-Service Bitcoin Marketing Agency.<br />
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==Services Offered==<br />
*Content Marketing<br />
*Webite Design<br />
*Public Relations (PR)<br />
*SEO - Search Engine Optimization<br />
*PPC - Pay per click<br />
*Social Media Management and Advertising<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
<br />
Founded in 2013 by Josh Blatchford<br />
<br />
==Past Clients==<br />
*EveryDice<br />
*QuickBitcoin<br />
*Banx Capital<br />
*Xzzx Exchange<br />
*Bitcoin PR Buzz<br />
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==External Links==<br />
http://BitNewt.com - Full Service Bitcoin Marketing Agency</div>Iamrichardhttps://tests.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?title=BitNewt&diff=50291BitNewt2014-08-19T06:45:38Z<p>Iamrichard: Created page with "Bitnewt-Logo-Small.png Full-Service Bitcoin Marketing Agency. ==Services Offered== *Content Marketing *Webite Design *Public Relations (PR) *SEO - Search Engine Optimiza..."</p>
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Full-Service Bitcoin Marketing Agency.<br />
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==Services Offered==<br />
*Content Marketing<br />
*Webite Design<br />
*Public Relations (PR)<br />
*SEO - Search Engine Optimization<br />
*PPC - Pay per click<br />
*Social Media Management and Advertising<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
<br />
Founded in 2013 by Josh Blatchford<br />
<br />
==Past Clients==<br />
*EveryDice<br />
*QuickBitcoin<br />
*Banx Capital<br />
*Xzzx Exchange<br />
*Bitcoin PR Buzz<br />
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==External Links==<br />
http://BitNewt.com - Full Service Bitcoin Marketing Agency</div>Iamrichardhttps://tests.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?title=File:Bitnewt-Logo-Small.png&diff=50290File:Bitnewt-Logo-Small.png2014-08-19T06:44:34Z<p>Iamrichard: </p>
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<div></div>Iamrichardhttps://tests.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?title=BitSource&diff=46108BitSource2014-04-06T21:33:15Z<p>Iamrichard: Created page with " File:BitSourceLogo.jpeg ===Overview=== BitSource.org is a crypto-currency exchange that allows users worldwide to buy and sell Bitcoins and Litecoins. Based in Belize,..."</p>
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===Overview===<br />
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BitSource.org is a crypto-currency exchange that allows users worldwide to buy and sell Bitcoins and Litecoins.<br />
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Based in Belize, BitSource.org is owned and operated by DCE24 Group Ltd., BitSource.org is a crypto-currency exchange platform focused on simplifying the purchase and sale of Bitcoin, Litecoin, and other crypto-currencies. <br />
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The company plans on implementing Visa and Mastercard transactions. Something that is not available on any other exchange.<br />
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The company holds up to 98% of customer funds in cold wallets and offline in bank vaults to prevent theft or loss.<br />
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Currently supporting Bitcoin, Litecoin and Peercoin.<br />
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===Technology===<br />
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Their platform technology is licensed from Alphapoint.<br />
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===Updates===<br />
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On April 1rst, Support for CNY, EURO, and MXN currencies added.<br />
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On April 3rd, BitSource.org announced they will start accepting Visa/Mastercard by the end of the month.<br />
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===External Links===<br />
* [http://bitsource.org http://BitSource.org] BitSource.org - Premier Bitcoin and Litecoin Exchange<br />
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[[Category:Exchange]]</div>Iamrichardhttps://tests.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?title=File:BitSourceLogo.jpeg&diff=46106File:BitSourceLogo.jpeg2014-04-06T21:31:29Z<p>Iamrichard: </p>
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<div>The purpose of this page is to provide a general overview of the Bitcoin system and economy.<br />
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==Basic Concepts==<br />
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===Currency===<br />
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Alice wants to buy the [http://www.grasshillalpacas.com/alpacaproductsforbitcoinoffer.html Alpaca socks] which Bob has for sale. In return, she must provide something of equal value to Bob. The most efficient way to do this is by using a medium of exchange that Bob accepts which would be classified as currency. Currency makes trade easier by eliminating the need for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coincidence_of_wants coincidence of wants] required in other systems of trade such as barter. Currency adoption and acceptance can be global, national, or in some cases local or community-based.<br />
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===Banks===<br />
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Alice need not provide currency to Bob in-person. She may instead transfer this value by first entrusting her currency to a bank who promises to store and protect Alice's currency notes. The bank gives Alice a written promise (called a "bank statement") that entitles her to withdraw the same number of currency bills that she deposited. Since the money is still Alice's, she is entitled to do with it whatever she pleases, and the bank (like most banks), for a small fee, will do Alice the service of passing on the currency bills to Bob on her behalf. This is done by Alice's bank by giving the dollar bills to Bob's bank and informing them that the money is for Bob, who will then see the amount the next time he checks his balance or receives his bank statement.<br />
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Since banks have many customers, and bank employees require money for doing the job of talking to people and signing documents, banks in recent times have been using machines such as ATMs and web servers that do the job of interacting with customers instead of paid bank employees. The task of these machines is to learn what each customer wants to do with their money and, to the extent that it is possible, act on what the customer wants (for example, ATMs can hand out cash). Customers can always know how much money they have in their accounts, and they are confident that the numbers they see in their bank statements and on their computer screens accurately reflect the number of dollars that they can get from the bank on demand. They can be so sure of this that they can accept those numbers in the same way they accept paper banknotes (this is similar to the way people started accepting paper dollars when they had been accepting gold or silver).<br />
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Such a system has several disadvantages:<br />
* It is costly. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_funds_transfer EFTs] in Europe can cost 25 euros. Credit transactions can cost several percent of the transaction.<br />
* It is slow. Checking and low cost wire services take days to complete.<br />
* In most cases, it cannot be anonymous.<br />
* Accounts can be frozen, or their balance partially or wholly confiscated.<br />
* Banks and other payment processors like PayPal, Visa, and Mastercard may refuse to process payments for certain legal entities. <br />
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Bitcoin is a system of owning and voluntarily transferring amounts of so-called ''bitcoins'', in a manner similar to an on-line banking, but pseudonymously and without reliance on a central authority to maintain account balances. If bitcoins are valuable, it is because they are useful and limited in supply.<br />
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==Bitcoin Basics==<br />
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===Creation of coins===<br />
The creation of coins must be limited for the currency to have any value. <br />
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New coins are slowly [[Mining|mined]] into existence by following a mutually agreed-upon set of rules. A user [[Mining|mining]] bitcoins is running a software program that searches tirelessly for a solution to a very difficult math problem whose difficulty is precisely known. The difficulty is automatically adjusted regularly so that the number of solutions found globally, by everyone, for a given unit of time is constant: an average of 6 per hour. When a solution is found, the user may tell everyone of the existence of this newly found solution, along with other information, packaged together in what is called a "[[Block|block]]". <br />
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Blocks create 25 new bitcoins at present. This amount, known as the block reward, is an incentive for people to perform the computation work required for generating blocks. Roughly every 4 years, the number of bitcoins that can be "mined" in a block reduces by 50%. Originally the block reward was 50 bitcoins; it halved in November 2012. Any block that is created by a malicious user that does not follow this rule (or any other rules) will be rejected by everyone else. In the end, no more than 21 million bitcoins will ever exist. <br />
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Because the block reward will decrease over the long term, miners will some day instead pay for their hardware and electricity costs by collecting [[Transaction_fee|transaction fees]]. The sender of money may voluntarily pay a small transaction fee which will be kept by whoever finds the next block. Paying this fee will encourage miners to include the transaction in a block more quickly.<br />
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===Sending payments===<br />
To guarantee that a third-party, let's call her Eve, cannot spend other people's bitcoins by creating transactions in their names, Bitcoin uses [[Wikipedia:Public-key_cryptography|public key cryptography]] to make and verify digital signatures. In this system, each person, such as Alice or Bob, has one or more addresses each with an associated pair of public and private keys that they may hold in a [[Wallet|wallet]]. Only the user with the private key can sign a transaction to give some of their bitcoins to somebody else, but anyone can validate the signature using that user’s public key.<br />
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Suppose Alice wants to send a bitcoin to Bob.<br />
* Bob sends his address to Alice.<br />
* Alice adds Bob’s address and the amount of bitcoins to transfer to a message: a 'transaction' message.<br />
* Alice signs the transaction with her private key, and announces her public key for signature verification.<br />
* Alice broadcasts the transaction on the Bitcoin network for all to see.<br />
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(Only the first two steps require human action. The rest is done by the Bitcoin client software.)<br />
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Looking at this transaction from the outside, anyone who knows that these addresses belong to Alice and Bob can see that Alice has agreed to transfer the amount to Bob, because nobody else has Alice's private key. Alice would be foolish to give her private key to other people, as this would allow them to sign transactions in her name, removing funds from her control.<br />
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Later on, when Bob wishes to transfer the same bitcoins to Charley, he will do the same thing:<br />
* Charlie sends Bob his address.<br />
* Bob adds Charlie's address and the amount of bitcoins to transfer to a message: a 'transaction' message.<br />
* Bob signs the transaction with his private key, and announces his public key for signature verification.<br />
* Bob broadcasts the transaction on the Bitcoin network for all to see.<br />
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Only Bob can do this because only he has the private key that can create a valid signature for the transaction.<br />
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Eve cannot change whose coins these are by replacing Bob’s address with her address, because Alice signed the transfer to Bob using her own private key, which is kept secret from Eve, and instructing that the coins which were hers now belong to Bob. So if Charlie accepts that the original coin was in the hands of Alice, he will also accept the fact that this coin was later passed to Bob, and now Bob is passing this same coin to him.<br />
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===Preventing [[double-spending]]===<br />
The process described above does not prevent Alice from using the same bitcoins in more than one transaction. The following process does; this is the primary innovation behind Bitcoin.<br />
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* Details about the [[Transactions|transaction]] are [[Network|sent and forwarded]] to all or as many other computers as possible.<br />
* A constantly growing chain of [[Blocks|blocks]] that contains a record of all transactions is collectively maintained by all computers (each has a full copy).<br />
* To be accepted in the chain, transaction blocks must be valid and must include [[proof of work]] (one block generated by the network every 10 minutes).<br />
* Blocks are chained in a way so that, if any one is modified, all following blocks will have to be recomputed.<br />
* When multiple valid continuations to this chain appear, only the longest such branch is accepted and it is then extended further.<br />
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When Bob sees that his transaction has been included in a block, which has been made part of the single longest and fastest-growing block chain (extended with significant computational effort), he can be confident that the transaction by Alice has been accepted by the computers in the network and is permanently recorded, preventing Alice from creating a second transaction with the same coin. In order for Alice to thwart this system and double-spend her coins, she would need to muster more computing power than all other Bitcoin users combined.<br />
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===Anonymity===<br />
When it comes to the Bitcoin network itself, there are no "accounts" to set up, and no e-mail addresses, user-names or passwords are required to hold or spend bitcoins. Each balance is simply associated with an address and its public-private key pair. The money "belongs" to anyone who has the private key and can sign transactions with it. Moreover, those keys do not have to be registered anywhere in advance, as they are only used when required for a transaction. Transacting parties do not need to know each other's identity in the same way that a store owner does not know a cash-paying customer's name.<br />
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A [[Address|Bitcoin address]] mathematically corresponds to a public key and looks like this:<br />
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:1PC9aZC4hNX2rmmrt7uHTfYAS3hRbph4UN<br />
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Each person can have many such addresses, each with its own balance, which makes it very difficult to know which person owns what amount. In order to protect his [[Anonymity|privacy]], Bob can generate a new public-private key pair for each individual receiving transaction and the Bitcoin software encourages this behavior by default. Continuing the example from above, when Charlie receives the bitcoins from Bob, Charlie will not be able to identify who owned the bitcoins before Bob.<br />
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===Capitalization / Nomenclature===<br />
Since Bitcoin is both a currency and a protocol, capitalization can be confusing. Accepted practice is to use ''Bitcoin'' (singular with an upper case letter B) to label the protocol, software, and community, and ''bitcoins'' (with a lower case b) to label units of the currency.<br />
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==Where to see and explore==<br />
You can directly explore the system in action by visiting [https://www.biteasy.com/ Biteasy.com], [http://blockchain.info/ Blockchain.info], [http://btc.blockr.io/ Blokr.io Bitcoin Block Explorer] or [http://blockexplorer.com/ Bitcoin Block Explorer].<br />
The site shows you the latest blocks in the block chain. The [[Block_chain|block chain]] contains the agreed history of all transactions that took place in the system.<br />
Note how many blocks were generated in the last hour, which on average will be 6. Also notice the number of transactions and the total amount transferred in the last hour (last time I checked it was about 64 and 15K).<br />
This should give you an indication of how active the system is.<br />
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Next, navigate to one of these blocks.<br />
The block's [[hash]] begins with a run of zeros. This is what made creating the block so difficult; a hash that begins with many zeros is much more difficult to find than a hash with few or no zeros. The computer that generated this block had to try many ''Nonce'' values (also listed on the block's page) until it found one that generated this run of zeros.<br />
Next, see the line titled ''Previous block''. Each block contains the hash of the block that came before it. This is what forms the chain of blocks.<br />
Now take a look at all the transactions the block contains. The first transaction is the income earned by the computer that generated this block. It includes a fixed amount of coins created out of "thin air" and possibly a fee collected from other transactions in the same block.<br />
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Drill down into any of the transactions and you will see how it is made up of one or more amounts coming in and out.<br />
Having more than one incoming and outgoing amount in a transaction enables the system to join and break amounts in any possible way, allowing for any fractional amount needed. Each incoming amount is a past transaction (which you can also view) from someone's address, and each outgoing amount is addressed to someone and will be part of a future transaction (which you can also navigate down into if it has already taken place.)<br />
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Finally you can follow any of the [[Address|addresses]] links and see what public information is available for them.<br />
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To get an impression of the amount of activity on the Bitcoin network, you might like to visit the monitoring websites [[Bitcoin Monitor]] and [[Bitcoin Watch]]. The first shows a real-time visualization of events on the Bitcoin network, and the second lists general statistics on the amount and size of recent transactions.<br />
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===How many people use Bitcoin?===<br />
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This is quite a difficult question to answer accurately. One approach is to count how many bitcoin clients connected to the network in the last 24 hours. We can do this because some clients transmit their addresses to the other members of the network periodically. In September 2011 this method suggested that there were about {{formatnum:60000}} users.<br />
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==See Also==<br />
* [http://BitcoinExchangeGuide.com BitcoinExchangeGuide.com] ([[BitcoinExchangeGuide|info]]) Website Dedicated to Providing Beginners with the Best Information on Where to Buy, Sell and Trade Bitcoins. Covers all of the Major Exchanges.<br />
* For an introductory site see [http://wheretobuycryptocoins.com WhereToBuyCryptocoins.com]. Explains what is a cryptocoin, how it works, and have many lists of markets, exchanges, faucets, sites to spend money, prices, etc. For starters and reference. <br />
* [https://www.trybtc.com/ TryBTC] easiest way to get started using bitcoin. Gives you free coins to create a bitcoin wallet and start spending.<br />
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um63OQz3bjo What is Bitcoin?] video introduction<br />
* Installing Bitcoin [[getting started]] <br />
* [[Using Bitcoin]]<br />
* A gentle introduction to Bitcoin - [[BitcoinMe]]<br />
* [http://coinlab.com/2011/12/bitcoin-primer Bitcoin Primer] from CoinLab<br />
* Another introduction, ''The Rebooting Of Money'' podcast is found at [[Bitcoin Money]]<br />
* A beginner's step-by-step guide to using Bitcoin, use of alternative wallets, and generally keeping your money and computer secure - [http://BitcoinIntro.com BitcoinIntro.com]<br />
* [http://howtobitcoin.info howtobitcoin.info] Directory of bitcoin links for beginners<br />
* Amazon Kindle Book [http://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Step-by-ebook/dp/B00A1CUQQU Bitcoin Step by Step] $3.99 (USD). The author walks you step by step through getting started.<br />
* [http://dpassport.com/free-reports/Free-Bitcoin-Report.pdf Free Bitcoin report] by Brad Gosse and Jennifer Wozniak<br />
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===Overview===<br />
Beginners Guide to the Various Bitcoin Exchanges<br />
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Contains third party neutral reviews of the most popular Bitcoin exchanges.<br />
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Website Helping New Adopters of Bitcon Avoid Problem Exchanges such as Mt.Gox<br />
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Updated frequently with new information.<br />
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===History===<br />
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Founded in early 2014 after the fall of Mt.Gox.<br />
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The Site received over 2,000 uniques in the first 24 hours after release.<br />
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===External Links===<br />
* [http://BitcoinExchangeGuide.com http://BitcoinExchangeGuide.com] Bitcoin Exchange Guide Website<br />
* [http://bitcoinexchangeguide.com/bitcoin-introduction/ Bitcoin Exchange Guide - Introduction to BItcoin]<br />
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[[Category:Introduction]]</div>Iamrichardhttps://tests.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?title=Buying_bitcoins&diff=45666Buying bitcoins2014-04-02T13:32:08Z<p>Iamrichard: /* Exchange Directories */</p>
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<div>There are various methods available for '''buying bitcoins'''. See [[Buying Bitcoins (the noob version)|here for a Newb-friendly version]] of this page.<br />
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{{Counterparty-warning}}<br />
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==Market Exchanges==<br />
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Market exchanges are those in which buy orders are matched with sell orders, so the price offered depends on the market. If a service quotes a price then it is not operating a [http://bitcoincharts.com/markets market] but instead is a broker that buys and/or sells coins. Those exchanges are found in the list of [[Buying bitcoins#Fixed_Rate_Exchanges_.26_Others|fixed-rate exchanges]].<br />
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Exchanges are listed in alphabetical order.<br />
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| Exchange || Adding Funds || Withdrawing Funds || Notes <br />
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| [[File:ANXIcon.png|20px|link=https://anxbtc.com]] [https://anxbtc.com ANXBTC]([https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Asia_Nexgen_Bitcoin_Exchange info)] || BTC<br />HKD (International Bank Wire)<br />HKD (Local Bank Transfer)<br />USD (International Bank Wire)<br />AUD (Local Bank Transfer)<br />AUD (International Bank Wire)<br />CAD (International Bank Wire)<br />CHF (International Bank Wire)<br />EUR (International Bank Wire)<br />GBP (International Bank Wire)<br />JPY (International Bank Wire)<br />NZD (International Bank Wire)<br />SGD (International Bank Wire)<br /> || BTC<br />HKD (International Bank Wire)<br />HKD (Local Bank Transfer)<br />USD (International Bank Wire)<br />AUD (Local Bank Transfer)<br />AUD (International Bank Wire)<br />CAD (International Bank Wire)<br />CHF (International Bank Wire)<br />EUR (International Bank Wire)<br />GBP (International Bank Wire)<br />JPY (International Bank Wire)<br />NZD (International Bank Wire)<br />SGD (International Bank Wire)<br /> || <ul> <li>Zero Trading Fees</li><li> Daily processing of withdrawals and deposits Mon-Fri<li>All 10 fiat currency orders are maintained within a single order book</li><li> Registered and based in Hong Kong</li><li> An approved Money Services Operator (MSO) with a license issued by the Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department</li><li>Gox compatible trading API Available</li><li> Multilingual support (English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese)<li>Two-Factor Authentication</li></ul> <br />
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| [[File:ANXIcon.png|20px|link=https://anxpro.com]] [https://anxpro.com ANXPRO]([https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Asia_Nexgen_Bitcoin_Exchange info)] || BTC<br />LTC<br />PPC<br />NMC<br />DOGE<br />HKD (International Bank Wire)<br />HKD (Local Bank Transfer)<br />USD (International Bank Wire)<br />AUD (Local Bank Transfer)<br />AUD (International Bank Wire)<br />CAD (International Bank Wire)<br />CHF (International Bank Wire)<br />EUR (International Bank Wire)<br />GBP (International Bank Wire)<br />JPY (International Bank Wire)<br />NZD (International Bank Wire)<br />SGD (International Bank Wire)<br /> || BTC<br />LTC<br />PPC<br />NMC<br />DOGE<br />HKD (International Bank Wire)<br />HKD (Local Bank Transfer)<br />USD (International Bank Wire)<br />AUD (Local Bank Transfer)<br />AUD (International Bank Wire)<br />CAD (International Bank Wire)<br />CHF (International Bank Wire)<br />EUR (International Bank Wire)<br />GBP (International Bank Wire)<br />JPY (International Bank Wire)<br />NZD (International Bank Wire)<br />SGD (International Bank Wire)<br /> || <ul> <li>Zero Trading Fees</li><li>The only crypto-currency exchange in the world that facilitates Altcoin trading in ALL major currencies</li><li> Daily processing of withdrawals and deposits Mon-Fri<li>All 10 fiat currency orders are maintained within a single order book</li><li> Registered and based in Hong Kong</li><li> An approved Money Services Operator (MSO) with a license issued by the Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department</li><li>Gox compatible trading API Available, inc. support for Altcoins</li><li> Multilingual support (English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese)<li>Two-Factor Authentication</li></ul> <br />
|-<br />
| [[File:BitQuickco.png|20px|link=https://www.bitquick.co]] [https://www.bitquick.co BitQuick.co]([https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/BitQuick.co info)] || BTC<br/>Cash Deposit <br/> SEPA Transfer (International) || BTC|| Connects buyers to sellers around the globe via bank cash deposit or SEPA transfer. No registration required. Instant deposit to any bitcoin address after cash deposit or SEPA transfer receipt received.<br />
|-<br />
| [[Bitcoin Central]] || BTC<br/>EUR (SEPA bank transfer)<br/>International wire transfer || BTC<br/>EUR (SEPA bank transfer)<br />International wire transfer || <br />
|-<br />
| [[bitNZ]] || BTC<br/>NZD (Cash depost as Westbank) || BTC<br/>NZD (Domestic bank transfer) || <br />
|-<br />
| [[Bitstamp]] || BTC<br />BTC (Redeemable code)<br />EUR (SEPA transfer)<br />USD (Intl wire)<br />USD ([[Ripple]])<br />CHF || BTC<br />BTC (Redeemable code)<br />EUR (SEPA transfer)<br />USD (Intl wire)<br />USD (Ripple)<br />CHF || EUR and CHF deposits converted to/from USD for trading<br />
|-<br />
| [https://BTCMarkets.net BTCMarkets.net] || BTC<br />LTC<br/>AUD (Local Bank Transfer)<br />AUD (Westpac Branch Cash Deposit) || BTC<br />LTC<br/>AUD (Local Bank Transfer) || <ul><li>Australia's only locally based full service Bitcoin and Litecoin exchange.</li><li>Branch cash deposits (1-3 hours to clear)</li><li>Fast domestic bank transfers (1-2 business days to clear)</li><li>No deposit or withdrawal fees</li><li>No international bank or currency conversion fees</li><li>Australian owned and operated company with local support</li><li>Trading fees from as low as 0.6%.</li><li>[https://BTCMarkets.net BTCMarkets.net]</li></ul> <br />
|-<br />
| [http://BTCTurk.com BTCTurk.com] || BTC<br />TL (Bank transfer)<br /> || BTC<br />TL (Bank transfer)<br /> || <ul><li> The first Bitcoin exchange to allow trades in Turkish Lira.</li><li> Available in Turkish language. </li></ul> <br />
|-<br />
| [[BTC-E]] || BTC<br />BTC (BTC-e redeemable code)<br />USD (Cash deposit at Post of Russia)<br />USD (Cash deposit at banks including Privatbank, Savings Bank of Russia (Sberbank), RU/UA Terminals, & more)<br />USD (Interkassa)<br />USD (WebMoney - WMZ)<br />USD (Yandex)<br />USD (LiqPay)<br />USD (Perfect Money)<br />USD (QIWI)<br />USD (OKPay)<br />USD (RBK Money)<br />USD (Ditial currencies including НСМЭП (NSMEP), Единый Кошелек (Unified Purse), TeleMoney, & more)<br />USD (International bank wire)<br />EUR (SEPA bank transfer)<br />RUB (QIWI)<br />RUB (LiqPay)<br />RUB (WebMoney-WMR)<br />RUB (BTC-e Redeemable code)<br />RUB (Bank transfer) || BTC<br/>BTC (BTC-e redeemble code)<br />USD (Webmoney - WMZ)<br />USD (Perfect Money)<br />USD (LiqPay)<br />USD (QIWI)<br />USD (PayPal)<br />USD (OKPay)<br />USD (Payza/AlertPay)<br />USD (Privat, Privat UAH)<br />USD (Cash deposit into Savings Bank/Sberbank, Telebank, Alfa Bank)<br />USD (BTC-e Redeemable Code)<br />USD (International Wire Transfer)<br />EUR (SEPA bank transfer)<br />RUB (Cash delivery, possible in Moscow)<br />RUB (QIWI)<br />RUB (LiqPay)<br />RUB (WebMoney WMR)<br />RUB (Яндекс.Деньги Yandex)<br />RUB (RBK Money)<br />Cash deposit (into account at Сбербанка России!/Savings Bank/Sberbank, Телебанк (Telebank), and АльфаБанк (Alfa Bank)<br />RUB (Transfer to credit card VISA & MasterCard)<br />RUB (BTC-e Redeemable code)<br />RUB (Bank transfer) || Language: English, Russian. Interkassa can be funded from Webmoney and many other methods.<br />BitInstant Can be funding option includes QIWI, Cyberplat.<br />
|-<br />
| [https://CampBX.com/register.php?r=DAJ7d33KZWU CampBX] (CBX) || BTC <br/> USD ([[Dwolla]])<br/>USD (P2P bank transfer at Chase, B&nbsp;of&nbsp;A, Wells Fargo and ING. Credited after three business days).<br />USD (Personal Check)<br />USD (USPS Postal money order, Canada Post money order) || BTC<br />USD ([[Dwolla]])<br/>USD (ACH Direct Deposit)<br />USD (USPS Postal Money Order)<br/>USD (Domestic bank wire)<br/>USD (International bank wire) || <ul> <li> Security certification from McAfee</li><li> Advanced trading options with AON/FOK/Market</li> <li>STOPLOSS and Short-Selling in Pipeline</li><li> Trading API available</li><li> Wallet API available </li><li> CBX Instant Bitcoin Transfers Feature </li><li> Stoploss / Custom Order Expiry Date/Time </li><li> SMS (Text Message) Notifications </li> <li> Two-Factor Authentication </li> <li> Based in USA - Atlanta </li> </ul> <br />
|-<br />
| [[CoinMKT]] || | BTC | LTC | PPC | TRC | NVC | NMC | FTC <br/> USD ([[Dwolla]])<br/>USD (P2P bank transfer at any US bank, credited after three business days).<br />USD (Personal Check)<br />USD (USPS Postal money order, Canada Post money order) || | BTC | LTC | PPC | TRC | NVC | NMC | FTC <br />USD ([[Dwolla]])<br/>USD (USPS Postal Money Order)<br/>USD (Domestic bank wire)<br/>USD (International bank wire) || <ul> <li>Trade any currency pair</li><li>Fast, web-based ID verification</li><li>Focused on user experience</li><li>Play money trading</li> <li> Based in Santa Monica, CA </li> </ul> <br />
|-<br />
| [[File:e-cointrade.com logo.png|link=https://www.e-cointrade.com/cointrade/content.jsp?language=English&ref=en.bitcoin.it&id=Home]] <br/> [https://www.e-cointrade.com/cointrade/content.jsp?language=English&ref=en.bitcoin.it&id=Home e-CoinTrade.com] ([[e-cointrade.com|info]]) || | Deposits:<br/><br/>BTC | LTC | FTC | IXC | NVC | MNC | TRC | PPC<br/>USD ([[Perfect Money]])<br/>EUR ([[Perfect Money]]) || | Withdrawals:<br/><br/>BTC | LTC | FTC | IXC | NVC | MNC | TRC | PPC<br/>USD ([[Perfect Money]])<br/>EUR ([[Perfect Money]]) || <ul><li> Focused in '''symplicity''' for the average user.</li><li> Full multilanguage, available in: English, Deutche, Español, Pусский, Français. </li> <li> Automatic trading platform.</li><li> Trade in any combination of the currency pairs.</li><li> Live ''chatbox'' for users.</li></ul><br />
|-<br />
| [[FBTC Exchange]] || BTC <br/> USD(Domestic Wire Transfer)<br/>EUR (Bank transfer) || BTC<br/>USD<br />EUR || Based in the Netherlands <br />
|-<br />
| [[FYB-SG]] || BTC <br/> SGD(Internet Bank Transfer)<br/>SGD (Annonymous Cash Deposit at any UOB Cash Deposit Machine in Singapore).<br /> || BTC<br/>SGD(Internet Bank Transfer)<br/> || Based in Singapore<br />
|-<br />
| [[FYB-SE]] || BTC <br/> SEK(Internet Bank Transfer)<br/> || BTC<br/>SEK(Internet Bank Transfer)<br/> || Based in Sweden<br />
|-<br />
| [https://www.itbit.com itBit] || BTC <br/> SGD(Bank Wire/GIRO)<br/>USD (Bank Wire)<br /> EUR(Bank Wire)|| BTC <br/> SGD(Bank Wire/GIRO)<br/>USD (Bank Wire)<br /> EUR(Bank Wire) || Based in Singapore<br />
|-<br />
| [[Intersango]] || BTC<br />EUR (SEPA bank wire)<br />PLN (Bank Wire) || BTC<br />EUR (SEPA bank wire)<br />PLN (Bank Wire) || Operated by the [https://bitcoinconsultancy.com/ BitcoinConsultancy] <br/> [https://intersango.com Intersango] is a completely custom trading platform built from the ground up with security, scalability and extensibility in mind. [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=43745.0 More Information]<br/><br/>Boasts an [https://bitcoinconsultancy.com/wiki/index.php/Intersango/API ever expanding API]. Started out as [[Britcoin]].<br />
|-<br />
| [[Justcoin]] || | BTC | XRP | LTC <br/>NOK (Domestic transfer)<br/>EUR (SEPA/International wire transfer)<br/>USD (SEPA/International wire transfer) || | BTC | XRP | LTC <br/>NOK (Domestic transfer)<br/>EUR (SEPA/International wire transfer)<br/>USD (SEPA/International wire transfer) || <ul> <li>Based in Oslo, Norway</li><li>Two-factor Authentication</li><li>API</li><br />
|-<br />
| [[Kapiton.se]] || BTC<br/>SEK (Bankgiro Bank Transfer) || BTC<br/>SEK (Bankgiro Bank Transfer) || <br />
|-<br />
| [[Kraken]] || | BTC | XRP | LTC | XVN<br/>EUR (SEPA transfer)<br />EUR (International bank wire)<br />USD (Domestic bank wire)<br />USD (International bank wire) || | BTC | XRP | LTC | XVN<br/>EUR (SEPA transfer)<br/>EUR (International bank wire)<br />USD (Domestic bank wire)<br />USD (International bank wire)<br/>USD (ACH) || <ul> <li>Legally compliant</li><li>Advanced Stop Orders</li><li>Margin Trading</li><li>Based in San Francisco, CA</li><li>Two-factor Authentication</li><li>API</li><br />
|-<br />
| [[MtGox]] || BTC<br/><br />USD ([[Dwolla]])<br />USD (International bank wire)<br />AUD (Bank wire)<br />GBP (Bank wire)<br />GBP (Cash deposit, Barclays) || BTC<br />USD ([[Dwolla]])<br />AUD (Bank wire) || Oldest running exchange. Higest daily volume. Respecting AML laws, Restrictions and limits on withdrawals.<br />
|-<br />
| [[Rock Currency Exchange]] || BTC<br/>EUR (SEPA transfer)<br />SLL (Second Life)<br />USD (Dwolla) || BTC<br/>EUR (SEPA transfer)<br />SLL (Second Life)<br />USD (Dwolla) || <br />
|-<br />
| [[VirtEx]] || BTC<br/>CAD (cash deposit at Bank of Montreal or ScotiaBank)<br />CAD (Online bill payment)<br />CAD (Wire transfer) || BTC<br/>CAD (direct deposit)<br />CAD (Canada Xpress Post Bank Draft send by mail)<br />CAD Payza (formerly AlertPay) || <br />
|-<br />
| [[VirWoX]] || BTC<br/>SLL (Second Life)<br/>ACD (Avination)<br/>OMC (OpenSim)<br/>USD,EUR,GBP,CHF ([[PayPal]])<br/>USD,EUR,GBP (Credit & Debit cards via [[Skrill]]/Moneybookers)<br/>USD,EUR,GBP ([http://www.neteller.com NETELLER])<br/>EUR (DIRECTebanking / Sofortuberweisung)<br/>USD,EUR,GBP,CHF ([http://www.paysafecard.com PaySafe Card])<br/>EUR (SEPA bank transfer)<br />USD ([[UKash]] vouchers) || BTC<br/>SLL (Second Life)<br/>ACD (Avination)<br/>OMC (OpenSim)<br/>USD,EUR,GBP,CHF ([[PayPal]])<br />USD,EUR,GBP ([[Skrill]]/Moneybookers)<br/>USD,EUR,GBP ([http://www.neteller.com NETELLER])<br/>EUR (SEPA bank transfer) || Trading through Second Life Linden Dollars.<br/>Variable limits on PayPal and Credit Card deposits. <br />
|-<br />
| [https://www.bitcointoyou.com BitcoinToYou] || BTC<br />BRL<br />USD<br />EUR<br /> || BTC<br />BRL<br />USD<br />EUR<br /> || Language: Portuguese (português), customer can buy in cash ou bank deposit at HSBC, SANTANDER, ITAÚ, CAIXA, BRADESCO and BANCO DO BRASIL.<br />
|-<br />
| [[MORREX]] || BTC<br/>CAD <br />CAD (Online bill payment)<br />CAD (Wire transfer) || BTC<br/>CAD <br />CAD (Canada Xpress Post Bank Draft send by mail)<br />CAD || <br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Fixed Rate Exchanges & Others==<br />
For smaller amounts, the options are limited due to bank transfer fees, conversion fees and transaction size restrictions. Options include:<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
| Service || Payment Method || Notes<br />
|-<br />
| [https://www.alfacashier.com ALFAcashier] || BTC Bitcoin<br/>LTC Litecoin<br/>USD PerfectMoney<br/>USD LiqPay<br/>USD OKPay<br/>USD EgoPay<br/>USD BTC-E coupon/refill<br/>USD (International Bank Wire)<br/>EUR (International Bank Wire)<br/>RUB (Russian Bank Wire) || Instant exchanger. Language: English, German, Russian, Chinese<br/><ul><li>Cumulative discount system</li><li>Affiliate program</li><li>Fees only 1-3%</li></li><br />
|-<br />
| [[File:BitSimpleIcon.png|30px|link=https://BitSimple.com]] [https://BitSimple.com BitSimple.] ([[BitSimple.|info]]) || USD (bank wire) || Don't get goxxed again! We never hold user's bitcoins. Purchased bitcoins will be directly transferred to your personal bitcoin wallet. Stop accepting long delays waiting for funding. We will lock in a rate once you confirm the wire has been sent, and will deliver your purchased coins the same day, usually within an hour.<br />
|-<br />
| [https://quickbitcoin.co.uk Quickbitcoin.co.uk] ([[Quickbitcoin|info]]) || GBP (bank transfer) || Buy bitcoins in the UK in under 1 hour from trusted uk seller. Payments by UK bank transfer. No sign up required. [http://www.trustpilot.co.uk/review/quickbitcoin.co.uk See reviews here].<br />
|-<br />
| [https://24change.com 24Change.com] ([[24change.com|info]]) || <br />
* USD, UAH, RUB, Visa, MasterCard <br />
* C-Coin, eCoin, EgoPay, Payza, Payoneer, EPESE, MoneyGram, OKPAY, WireTransfer, QIWI, Yandex Money, BTC-E code, PayPal, PerfectMoney, Paymer, ePayments, LiqPay, Redpass, WESTERN UNION, C-Gold, Pecunix <br />
* International Banks, Sberbank, Alfa-Bank, Privat24, Svyaznoy Bank, VTB24<br />
|| <br />
* Automatic bitcoin and e-currencies buy/sell service <br />
* 24/7/365 fast and reliable e-currencies exchange <br />
* Unlimited reserves <br />
* 15% Affiliate program<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:favicon_b4c.jpg|20px|link=https://bit4coin.net]] [https://bit4coin.net bit4coin.net] ([[bit4coin|info]]) || [https://www.sofort.com SOFORT banking] <br> SEPA transfer (EUR) <br> International bank transfer || Buy bitcoin with gift vouchers: Order bit4coin gift vouchers online at [https://bit4coin.net bit4coin.net] and get them shipped to your door, ready to redeem into bitcoins. No registration required. Perfect for own use or as gift. <br />
|-<br />
| [[File:BitQuickco.png|20px|link=https://www.bitquick.co]] [https://www.bitquick.co BitQuick.co] ([https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/BitQuick.co info)] || Cash Deposit or SEPA Transfer Only (International) || Connects buyers to sellers around the globe via bank cash deposit or SEPA transfer. No registration required. Instant deposit to any bitcoin address after cash deposit or SEPA transfer receipt received.<br />
|-<br />
| [https://www.cryptxchange.com Cryptxchange] || USD (Cash Deposit)<br />USD (Wire Transfer)<br />CAD (Cash Deposit)<br />CAD (Wire Transfer)<br />You may make cash deposits at any Chase Bank Internationally (ARS, GBP, EUR, AUD, BRL, CLP, COP, EGP, KYD, SAR, CNY, AED, JPY, INR || A multinational US based cryptographic currency exchange. No login or account creation required. No identity verification required. Exquisite customer service. Average transaction time under two hours depending on the time of the day. One of the most anonymous and reliable exchanges on the net. We use SSL & AES-256 military grade encryption for all communication<br />
|-<br />
| [https://www.getbitcoin.com.au Bitcoin (Australia)] || AUD (Bank Deposit) || Bitcoin (Australia) / [https://www.getbitcoin.com.au www.getbitcoin.com.au] offers rapid transfer at low rates.<br />
|-<br />
| [[File:BIPS.gif|20px|link=https://bips.me]] [https://bips.me BIPS] ([[BIPS|info]]) || CAD (Cash deposits in Canada<br />Any Currency (Wire Transfer - Any Country)<br />USD || <ul><li>DK-based</li><li>[https://github.com/BitcoinInternetPaymentSystem BIPS GitHub]</li><li>[https://bips.me/connect/BitcoinInternetPaymentSystemAPI.pdf REST API]</li></ul><br />
|-<br />
| [http://indo-bitcoin.com Indo-Bitcoin.com] || IDR Mandiri (Cash deposit and wire transfer)<br /> IDR BNI (Cash deposit and wire transfer)<br /> IDR BCA (Cash deposit and wire transfer)<br /> IDR BRI (Cash deposit and wire transfer)<br /> || Beli Bitcoin di Indonesia. Lowest fees, max. 30 minutes per transfer, 24 hours 7 days. No verification required.<br />
|-<br />
| [https://Bitcash.cz/market Bitcash.cz] ([[Bitcash.cz|info]]) || CZK domestic wire, EUR with SEPA || Live Auction Rates, person-to-person contract fulfillment<br />
|-<br />
| [https://www.bitbrothersllc.com BitBrothers LLC] || Bank Transfer/Cash/Moneygram || If you are looking for an extremelly simple and anonymous way to purchase bitcoins, this is the best place to do it. We are so sure you will be a repeat customer that we are willing to provide discounts for first time buyers. Best Customer service in the industry.<br />
|-<br />
| [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=237164.0 Bitcoin-Brokers <br />(USA)] || Cash deposit || At major banks like Bank of America, Chase, Wells Fargo, PNC, Citibank. No ID, No registration. Immediate fundings.<br />
|-<br />
| [https://bitcoini.com Bitcoini.com <br />(Bulgaria, Romania)] || BGN (Bank deposit, Cash, EasyPay, Post, Econt)<br />RON (Bank deposit)<br />USD (Western Union, MoneyGram) || Fast and secure way to buy/sell bitcoins. Live support<br />
|-<br />
| [http://www.bitcoinbymobile.com BitcoinByMobile.com] || Mobile Phone (Premium SMS)|| Buy bitcoins instantly using just your mobile phone. No registration or personal financial information needed. Available in: Austria, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and United Kingdom<br />
|-<br />
| [http://www.btc-dealer.com BTC-Dealer] || Credit Card through Liqpay || No signup required. Instant deposit to any bitcoin address<br />
|-<br />
| [https://moneypaktrader.com MoneypakTrader.com] ([[MoneypakTrader.com|info]]) || Moneypak (USD) <======> BTC <br /> BTC <======> Moneypak (USD) <br /> ReLoadit, etc. (USD) <====> BTC<br /> BTC <======> ReLoadit, etc. (USD) || Pays a bonus over market for your BTC <br /> Charges a fee over market for your Moneypak, etc. <br /> Only accepts codes from original purchaser <br /> Attempts to have regular customers processed within 24 hrs <br /> Available for discussion via TorChat<br />
|-<br />
| [https://bitbargain.co.uk BitBargain] ([[BitBargain|info]]) || GBP || Quick transactions via Bank Transfer (fast payments support only), Pingit and Ukash. Deals happen between buyer and seller.<br />
|-<br />
| [https://bittylicious.com Bittylicious] ([[Bittylicious|info]]) || GBP, EUR, ZAR || Near instant transactions via UK Bank Transfer (Faster Payments only). No sign up required but can buy more if registered.<br />
|-<br />
| [http://btc.pt BTC.pt] || EUR (Multibanco) || Anonymous transactions. Pay the amount on any Portuguese ATM(MB) or homebanking service, we'll deduce our fee and buy the coins for you at market rate and send them very fast to your wallet. Only available in Portugal.<br />
|-<br />
| [https://www.bitcointrader.com.au Bitcointrader] ([[Bitcointrader|info]]) || AUD (Cash deposit) || Lowest fee in Australia! Only 5%. Buy and sell bitcoins quickly and easily! Cash deposit at any Westpac Bank and National Australia Bank branch in Australia.<br />
|-<br />
| [https://blockchain.info/wallet/deposit-methods Blockchain] ([[BlockChain.info|info]]) || USD, GBP, EUR, BRL, AUD, CAD, JPY, EUR, CHF, PLN, CZK, RON, RUB, SEK, NOK, DKK || Purchased through [[BitInstant]] (U.S., Brazil, and Russia), Barclay's Pingit or Bank Transfer (GBP), Instant Bank Transfer (EUR) or SMS or premium phone call from a mobile. <br />
|-<br />
| [[BitInstant]] || USD (Cash deposit at banks, 7-11, Walmart, CVS, Moneygram locations)<br />USD (Dwolla)<br />BRL (Cash deposit at Banco Rendimento or through Boleto)<br />RUB (Cash deposit through Qiwi or Cyberplat) || Deposit cash at 700,000 locations around the world and have your Bitcoins within 30 minutes. Absolute fastest and easiest way to buy Bitcoins. <br />
|-<br />
| [[Coinapult]] || Use [[BitInstant]] to use cash to purchase bitcoins sent to e-mail or SMS. Choose "Bitcoin to e-mail" service and enter either e-mail or SMS. ||<br />
|-<br />
| [https://coinbase.com/ Coinbase] || Buy and sell bitcoin by connecting a U.S. based bank account. Users need the account and routing numbers that can be found on a check to get started. || Instant verification available for new accounts. Purchased bitcoin can be held in Coinbase's online wallet. Generally considered a good option for U.S. based bitcoin beginners.<br />
|-<br />
| [[Coin-Daddy]] || Buy bitcoins with PayPal and OKPAY || No verification needed. Customer just needs to pay with PayPal, leave the Wallet address and then he receives his coins, or pays via OKPAY. Available for purchase are: Bitcoins, Litecoins and PPCoins.<br />
|-<br />
| [http://BitcoinIsrael.co.il BitcoinIsrael.co.il] || ILS (NIS - New Israeli Shekel)<br />
* via bank transfer<br />
* via Bank HaDoar /Post Office Bank (instant transfer)<br />
* via In Person<br />
|| Buy and sell your Bitcoins within minutes in person. Get "same day" service using Bank HaDoar /Post Office Bank. Get "next day" service using Bank Transfer.<br />
|-<br />
| [[Bitcoin Nordic]] || <br />
*EUR/DKK (SEPA and wire transfer)<br />
*USD, EUR, GBP, DKK, SEK, NOK (Cash or check in the mail)<br />
*AED, DZD, EGP, IQD, ILS, JOD, KWD, LGP, LYD, MRO, MYR, NGN, OMR, PKR, QAR, SAR, TRL, TZS, TND, YER ([[CashU]] card)<br />
*MXN, EYU, BOB, BRL, COP, SYP, MAD, GHC, ZAR, CNY, CAD, and more ([[UKash]] voucher)<br />
|| For UKash, redeemed through CashU account.<br />
|-<br />
| [[Spend Bitcoins]] || AUD (Cash deposit) || AUD cash deposit at NAB, Commonwealth Bank, Westpac and ANZ.<br />
|-<br />
| [https://bitcoinmylife.com/jml/buy-bitcoins BitcoinMyLife] <br /> ([[BitcoinMyLife|info]]) || EUR (SEPA bank transfer) || Simple and Safe.<br />Pay first transaction fee with Twitter or Facebook post.<br />
|-<br />
| [[bitcoin.de]] || EUR (bank wire)<br />EUR (SEPA bank transfer)<br />EUR ([[Skrill]]/Moneybookers) || Varies (person to person)<br />0.01 free Bitcoins for every new user<br />eWallet<br />Affiliate program<br />Language: German, Englisch<br/> News<br />
|-<br />
| [https://www.BitcoinZAP.com BitcoinZAP] || SEPA bank transfer - EUR <br> International bank transfer - EUR, USD <br> Western Union <br> MoneyGram <br> Cash (in the mail) - EUR, USD, CAD, GBP, HKD, JPY, PLN, AUD, CHF, CZK, DKK, HUF, MOP, SEK, NOK || Bitcoins usually delivered in less than 24 hours after payment is received<br />
|-<br />
| [[BTCX.se]] || SEK || Transfer to and banks in Sweden.<br />
|-<br />
| [[BTC China]] || || Converted to CNY for trading. <br />
|-<br />
| [[BitMarket.co]] || COP (Colombian Peso) || Varies (person to person)<br />
|- <br />
| [[bitcoin-otc|#bitcoin-otc]] || Person-to-person, various methods || IRC trading marketplace will usually have people willing to deal for small and larger amounts using various payment methods, including [[PayPal]], [[Dwolla]], [[Linden Dollars]], etc.<br />
|-<br />
| [[Canadian Bitcoins]] || CAD (Cash - XpressPost or Dropoff)<br />USD (Cash - Courier: UPS, FedEx, etc.) || For dropoff, office in Ottawa.<br />
|-<br />
| [http://coinrepublic.com/buy-sell-bitcoins-singapore/ Coin Republic] || SGD (Singapore Dollar)|| Payment via local bank transfer.<br />
|-<br />
| [https://dgtmkt.com Dgtmkt] ([[Dgtmkt|info]]) || Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)<br />Online bank transfers (Maybank2U, CIMB, MEPS, etc)<br />E-vouchers (Web Cash, Mobile Money) || Bitcoin merchant for Malaysians,. dealing in Malaysian Ringgit. Fully automated immediate transfers. https://dgtmkt.com<br />
|-<br />
| [https://www.dagensia.eu Dagensia] ([[Dagensia|info]]) || <br />
* SEPA Bank Transfer (EUR)<br />
* ATM card (EUR, USD)<br />
* Sofort Banking (EUR)<br />
* Direct Banking (EUR)<br />
* Payza (official Exchanger)<br />
* EgoPay, c-gold<br />
* BUY AND SELL BITCOINS<br />
|| Dagensia allows you to Buy and Sell Bitcoins and to store Bitcoins securely. You can get your first Bitcoin today, or you can start accepting Bitcoins directly into EUR or USD balance and ATM card. Sell and buy your Bitcoins through Wire, or SEPA EUR transfer, Direct Banking, ATM Cards. '''Fully licensed exchanger''', supervised by Czech National Bank<br />
|-<br />
| [[Lilion Transfer]] || Bank Transfer: USD, AUD, CAD, JPY, EUR, CHF, GBP, PLN, CZK, RON, BGN, HRK, RUB, SEK, NOK, DKK, LTL, LVL<br />Perfect Money<br />Monetto<br />OK Pay<br />Cosmic Pay<br />Pecunix<br />C-Gold<br />E-Pay Payments<br />PayPal|| 122 accounts worldwide.<br /> Support in 30 languages<br />
|-<br />
| [[Nanaimo Gold]] || Western Union money transfer<br />Moneygram money transfer<br />Cash in the mail || Digital Currency <--> Bitcoin exchange is automated<br />For cash in the mail send USD, EUR, CAD, or GBP. Canada mailing address.<br />
|-<br />
| [[Bitcoin Argentina]] || Cash: ARS, BRL, USD <br /> Bank transfer: ARS || No exchange fees!<br />
|-<br />
| [[Bitcoin.com.es]] || EUR (bank deposit) || Bank transfer or cash deposits at OpenBank in Spain.<br />
|-<br />
| [[Bahtcoin]] || Cash, Webmoney || Will cash out to Thai mobile and gaming prepaid cards as well.<br />
|-<br />
| [http://bitcoin.in.th Bitcoin Thailand] || THB: Cash/Bank Deposit || Same day service.<br />
|-<br />
| [[BitPiggy]] || AUD (Australian Dollar)|| Payment via bank transfer.<br />
|-<br />
| [[bitcoin.local]] || Person-to-person, various methods ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[bcchanger.com]] || Person-to-person via PayPal, [[Skrill]]/Moneybookers and other e-currency platforms ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[Bitcoil]] || ILS (bank transfer) ||<br />
|-<br />
| [[File:BXlogoSM.jpeg|link=http://bitXoin.com]] [http://bitXoin.com bitXoin] ([[bitXoin|info]]) || AUD (Cash deposits) || Fast transaction processing, market rates with low commissions and no fees. <br />
Contact BUYbulk@bitXoin.com for special rates on BUY BTC transactions over $10,000 and SELLbulk@bitXoin.com for SELL BTC transactions over BTC50 <br />
https://bitXoin.com/<br />
|- <br />
|[[btcnow]] || USD (OKPay, Dwolla) || bitcoins transferred instantly<br />
|-<br />
| [http://localbitcoins.com LocalBitcoins.com] || Varies (person to person)<br/>Physical cash locally<br/>[https://localbitcoins.com/buy-bitcoins-online/cash-deposit/ Cash deposit]<br>[https://localbitcoins.com/buy-bitcoins-online/okpay/ OKPay]<br/>[https://localbitcoins.com/buy-bitcoins-online/paypal/ PayPal]<br/>[https://localbitcoins.com/buy-bitcoins-online/dwolla/ Dwolla]<br/>[https://localbitcoins.com/buy-bitcoins-online/sepa-eu-bank-transfer/ SEPA Bank transfer] || Find your local bitcoin dealer, or purchase safely online using escrow! With dynamic pricing with equations.<br/>eWallet<br/><br />
[https://localbitcoins.com/affiliate/ Affiliate program]<br/><br />
[https://localbitcoins.com/api-docs/ API]<br />
|-<br />
| [https://www.happycoins.com HappyCoins] || EUR (iDEAL and SEPA bank transfer) || Buy and sell Bitcoins. Use the Dutch iDEAL payment system to receive Bitcoins within minutes. Prices are based on near real-time exchange prices.<br />
|-<br />
| [[ECurrencyZone]] || BTC<br/>INR (Cash deposit of Indian rupee)<br />BDT (Cash deposit of Bangladeshi taka)<br />NPR (Cash deposit of Nepalese rupee)<br />MYR (Cash deposit of Malaysian ringitt)<br />SGD (Cash deposit of Singaporean dollar)<br />SGD (Net/Bank transfer)<br />USD (Western Union, Moneygram, Citibank global funds transfer, OKPay)<br />USD || Bank transfer considered at all locations with prior approval.<br />
|-<br />
| [[BitCoinVend]] || BTC<br/>USD (PayPal) || bitcoinvend@gmail.com, market variable with commission, quote based, verified paypal account with anti scammer verification<br />
|-<br />
| [[Bitcoins In Berlin]] || EUR (Cash in-the mail)<br />EUR (Cash in-person trade)<br />EUR (SEPA bank transfer)<br />EUR (Western Union) || Cash in-the-mail is to a Berlin P.O. box. In-person trade is in Berlin.<br />
|-<br />
| [https://www.lojabitcoin.pt Loja Bitcoin] || EUR (ATM/Multibanco) <br> EUR (bank transfer) <br> EUR (money order) <br> EUR (cash) || Several payment methods like the Portuguese "Multibanco" (ATM), "Vale postal CTT" (money order by mail), bank transfer and cash (in some locations) - Portugal only at the moment<br />
|-<br />
| [[Mang Sweeney]] || PHP (Cash)<br />PHP (Cash deposit at bank) || Languages: English, Pinoy.<br />PHP [https://localbitcoins.com/accounts/profile/mangsweeney cash trade method] in metro Manilla, Philappines.<br />
|-<br />
| [[mercaBit.eu]] || EUR (Ukash)<br/>EUR (Hal-Cash)<br/>EUR (Neteller)<br/>|| Buy bitcoins with ukash and more<br />
|-<br />
| [http://buyBTC.cz buyBTC.cz] ([[buyBTC.cz|info]]) || CZK (Domestic bank transfer)<br />EUR (Bank transfer) || Buy bitcoins from the Czech Republic.<br />
|-<br />
| [http://bitonic.nl Bitonic.nl] || EUR (iDeal) || Buy bitcoins instantly from the Netherlands.<br />
|-<br />
| [http://www.dragons.tl Dragon's Tale] ([[Dragon's Tale|info]]) || Credit card (except in the U.S.) || Purchase bitcoins through this MMO casino with credit card, withdraw bitcoins (though a fee applies if withdrawn and no casino play.)<br />
|-<br />
| [https://buybitcoinbycreditcard.com buybitcoinbycreditcard.com] || JPY (Credit Card) || Buy bitcoins instantly with your credit card. No registration required. This site accept from the world.<br />
|-<br />
| [[OKPAY]] || BTC<br/>USD, EUR, GBP, RUB, CHF etc (Bank Wire Transfer)<br/>EUR (SofortBanking)<br/>USD, EUR (Liqpay)<br/>USD (CashU)<br/>USD, EUR, GBP, RUB, CHF etc (UWCFS)<br/>USD, RUB, UAH (Wallet1)<br/>RUB (Yandex Money)<br/>RUB (EasyPay)<br/>USD, EUR (CONTACT)<br/>USD, EUR (Migom)<br/>USD, EUR, CZK (Money Polo)<br/>USD, EUR (Intel Express)<br/>USD, EUR (Western Union via Exchange Partners)<br/>USD, EUR (Moneygram via Exchange Partners)<br/>USD, EUR (via Exchange Partners) || Support of 19 world currencies, 15 languages.<br />
|-<br />
| [http://bitplaats.nl Bitplaats.nl] || EUR (iDEAL) || Buy bitcoins instantly, pay with iDEAL. Buy bitcoin from the Netherlands.<br />
|-<br />
| [http://artabit.com artaBit.com] ([[artaBit|info]]) || IDR || Buy bitcoins in Indonesia.<br />
|-<br />
| [https://www.bitsofgold.co.il BitsOfGold.co.il] ([[Bits_of_Gold|info]]) || ILS || Buy bitcoins from Israel.<br />
|-<br />
| [http://www.rugatu.com rugatu.com] || EUR || Buy bitcoins with Neteller.<br />
|-<br />
| [http://wmeng.exchanger.ru WMeng.Exchanger.ru] || Buy bitcoins with:<ul><li>USD</li></li>EUR</li></li>RUB</li></li>UAH</li></li>Belorussian Roubles</li></li>Vietnamese Dongs</li></ul><br />Sell bitcoins for:<ul><li>USD</li></li>EUR</li></li>RUB</li></li>UAH</li></li>Belorussian Roubles || The exchange service of WebMoney Transfer system. WMT has a special units named WMX to operate BTC, which can be exchanged and/or withdrawn<br />
|-<br />
| [[WM-Center]] || USD (Western Union, MoneyGram) <br/> EUR <br/> RUR <br/> THB <br/> UAH || 24/7/365 support <br/> English, Spanish, Russian versions <br/> Fast reliable service since 2005<br />
|-<br />
| [https://www.bitgo.co.il/ bitgo.co.il]|| ILS || Buy/Sell bitcoins in Israel.<br />
|-<br />
| [http://www.belgacoin.com Belgacoin]|| EUR, USD, BGN, CHF, CZK, DKK, EEK, GBP, GIP, HRK, HUF, ISK, LTL, LVL, NOK, PLN, RON, SEK || The easiest way to buy Bitcoins in Europe. It is fast, secure and cheap. No registration required!<br />
|-<br />
| [https://bittiraha.fi/content/bittip%C3%B6rssi-osta-ja-myy-bitcoineja Bittiraha.fi]|| EUR (SEPA transfer) || Reliable Finland based exchange operated since 2012.<br/> 1-2 day deposits and 1-3 day withdrawals. No registration required!<br />
|-<br />
| [https://bitalo.com Bitalo] ([[Bitalo|info]]) || Varies (person to person)<br/>[https://localbitcoins.com/buy-bitcoins-online/sepa-eu-bank-transfer/ SEPA Bank transfer] || Purchase Bitcoins directly from another person.<br/>eWallet<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Direct / Bulk Buying==<br />
<br />
Liquidity providers for transactions of size ($10,000 or larger).<br />
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|-<br />
| Service || Type || Payment Method || Notes<br />
|-<br />
| [https://www.bitbrothersllc.com BitBrothers LLC] || Direct purchases up to $10,000 || USD (Bank Deposit at a Chase bank OR cash orders including cashiers checks and money orders) || BTC || Best customer service in the industry and quickest transaction speeds.<br />
|-<br />
| [http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=87094.0 BitPay] ([[BitPay|info]]) || Direct purchases, $10,000 USD and higher || USD (Bank wire, domestic or international) || BTC || Contact for other payment methods. <br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Other Financial Services==<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
| Service || Type || Payment || Settled || Notes<br />
|-<br />
| [https://giftcarddrainer.com GiftCardDrainer.com] || Transfer gift card balance to Bitcoin address or conventional account. || BTC, USD || || Customers can redeem their Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover gift card for Bitcoins or payment into their personal bank or PayPal account. 5.7% + $0.57 fee.<br />
|-<br />
| [http://www.indx.ru/?lang=en-US INDX] || Stock market, where BTC are also traded || - || - || Trader`s account can be withdrawn with BTC or with USD via WebMoney.<br />
|-<br />
| [[MPEx]] || Buy / Sell / Exercise CALLs / PUTs, American style.<br />52 strikes offered (by .5), current month + 2.<br /> No shorting available yet.|| BTC || BTC || Transactions encoded via amt.<br /> Must use non-rounding client<br />(0.3.24 or later)<br />
|-<br />
| [https://vircurex.com/ Vircurex] || Buy / Sell Options<br/>Loan / Borrow || BTC, NMC, LTC, DVC, GG, I0C, IXC, SC || BTC, NMC, LTC, DVC, GG, I0C, IXC, SC ||<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Physical Bitcoins==<br />
<br />
Physical Bitcoins are bearer tokens that have an embedded redeemable digital bitcoin value if torn open. While they are somewhat expensive if bought purely for the digital bitcoins, they are relatively easy to get, because they can be purchased with PayPal or credit card - payment methods typically not accepted for pure digital bitcoin purchases.<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
| Service || Type || Payment || Notes<br />
|-<br />
| [https://www.casascius.com Casascius.com] || Casascius Physical Bitcoins || BTC || <br />
|-<br />
| [https://btcstore.eu BTCstore.eu]|| BTC Store Paperwallets, Casascius and Recalescence Physical Bitcoins reseller || BTC, EUR (SEPA bank transfer), Finnish online banks || <br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Exchange Directories==<br />
* [http://bitcoinexchangeguide.com/ BitcoinExchangeGuide.com] ([[BitcoinExchangeGuide|info]])<br />
* [http://howtobuybitcoins.com/ HowToBuyBitcoins.com] <br />
* [http://howtobuybitcoins.info/ HowToBuyBitcoins.info]<br />
* [http://wheretobuycryptocoins.com WhereToBuyCryptocoins.com]. Shows exchanges, markets, faucets, sites to spend cryptocoins and more.<br />
<br />
==See Also==<br />
* [[:Category:Digital_currencies|Digital Currencies]]<br />
* [[Selling bitcoins]]<br />
* [[Secure Trading]]<br />
* [[Bitcoin Ladder]]<br />
* [[:Category:Local|Local]] exchanges<br />
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[[Category:Introduction]]<br />
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Website Helping New Adopters of Bitcon Avoid Problem Exchanges such as Mt.Gox<br />
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Updated frequently with new information.<br />
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===History===<br />
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Founded in early 2014 after the fall of Mt.Gox.<br />
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The Site received over 2,000 uniques in the first 24 hours after release.<br />
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===External Links===<br />
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What is Bitcoin Difficulty?<br><br />
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How to Use Exchanges<br />
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<br />
What is Bitcoin?<br />
How to Use Exchanges<br />
What is Required to Mine Bitcoin?<br />
What is Bitcoin Difficulty?<br />
What are ASCI's?<br />
What are the Most Popular Mining Pools?<br />
Who are Bitcoin's Largest Miners?<br />
How Much Does Cloud Mining Cost?<br />
How Profitable will Bitcoin Mining Be?<br />
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Contains lengthily articles that answer questions such as:<br />
<br />
What is Bitcoin?<br />
How to Use Exchanges<br />
What is Required to Mine Bitcoin?<br />
What is Bitcoin Difficulty?<br />
What are ASCI's?<br />
What are the Most Popular Mining Pools?<br />
Who are Bitcoin's Largest Miners?<br />
How Much Does Cloud Mining Cost?<br />
How Profitable will Bitcoin Mining Be?<br />
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<br />
Contains lengthily articles that answer questions such as:<br />
<br />
What is Bitcoin?<br />
How to Use Exchanges<br />
What is Required to Mine Bitcoin?<br />
What is Bitcoin Difficulty?<br />
What are ASCI's?<br />
What are the Most Popular Mining Pools?<br />
Who are Bitcoin's Largest Miners?<br />
How Much Does Cloud Mining Cost?<br />
How Profitable will Bitcoin Mining Be?<br />
<br />
The site discusses both the technical as well as the social aspects of mining Bitcoin.</div>Iamrichardhttps://tests.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?title=Mining&diff=45623Mining2014-04-01T20:10:54Z<p>Iamrichard: /* See Also */</p>
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[[File:Quick-and-dirty-4x5970-cooling.jpg|thumb|right|A quick and dirty mining rig]]<br />
== Introduction ==<br />
'''Mining''' is the process of adding transaction records to Bitcoin's public ledger of past transactions.<br />
This ledger of past transactions is called the [[block chain]] as it is a chain of [[block|blocks]].<br />
The block chain serves to [[Confirmation|confirm]] transactions to the rest of the network as having taken place.<br />
Bitcoin nodes use the block chain to distinguish legitimate Bitcoin transactions from attempts to re-spend coins that have already been spent elsewhere.<br />
<br />
Mining is intentionally designed to be resource-intensive and difficult so that the number of blocks found each day by miners remains steady. Individual [[blocks]] must contain a [[proof of work|proof of work]] to be considered valid. This proof of work is verified by other Bitcoin nodes each time they receive a block. Bitcoin uses the [[hashcash]] proof-of-work function.<br />
<br />
The primary purpose of mining is to allow Bitcoin nodes to reach a secure, tamper-resistant consensus.<br />
Mining is also the mechanism used to introduce Bitcoins into the system:<br />
Miners are paid any transaction fees as well as a "subsidy" of newly created coins.<br />
This both serves the purpose of disseminating new coins in a decentralized manner as well as motivating people to provide security for the system.<br />
<br />
Bitcoin mining is so called because it resembles the mining of other commodities:<br />
it requires exertion and it slowly makes new currency available at a rate that resembles the rate at which commodities like gold are mined from the ground.<br />
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== Difficulty ==<br />
=== The Computationally-Difficult Problem ===<br />
Mining a block is difficult because the SHA-256 hash of a block's header must be lower than or equal to the [[Target|target]] in order for the block to be accepted by the network. This problem can be simplified for explanation purposes: The hash of a block must start with a certain number of zeros. The probability of calculating a hash that starts with many zeros is very low, therefore many attempts must be made. In order to generate a new hash each round, a [[Nonce|nonce]] is incremented. See [[Proof of work]] for more information.<br />
<br />
=== The Difficulty Metric ===<br />
The [[Difficulty|difficulty]] is the measure of how difficult it is to find a new block compared to the easiest it can ever be. It is recalculated every 2016 blocks to a value such that the previous 2016 blocks would have been generated in exactly two weeks had everyone been mining at this difficulty. This will yield, on average, one block every ten minutes. As more miners join, the rate of block creation will go up. As the rate of block generation goes up, the difficulty rises to compensate which will push the rate of block creation back down. Any blocks released by malicious miners that do not meet the required difficulty [[Target|target]] will simply be rejected by everyone on the network and thus will be worthless. <br />
<br />
=== Reward ===<br />
When a block is discovered, the discoverer may award themselves a certain number of bitcoins, which is agreed-upon by everyone in the network. Currently this bounty is 25 bitcoins; this value will halve every 210,000 blocks. See [[Controlled Currency Supply]].<br />
<br />
Additionally, the miner is awarded the fees paid by users sending transactions. The fee is an incentive for the miner to include the transaction in their block. In the future, as the number of new bitcoins miners are allowed to create in each block dwindles, the fees will make up a much more important percentage of mining income.<br />
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== The mining ecosystem ==<br />
<br />
=== Hardware ===<br />
[[File:Usb-fpga module 1.15x-hs-800.jpg|thumb|right|FPGA Module]]<br />
Users have used various types of hardware over time to mine blocks. Hardware specifications and performance statistics are detailed on the [[Mining Hardware Comparison]] page.<br />
==== CPU Mining ==== <br />
Early Bitcoin client versions allowed users to use their CPUs to mine. As the network hashrate grew with more power efficient GPU miners the amount of Bitcoin's produced by CPU mining became lower than the cost of power to operate the CPUS. The option still exists in the reference Bitcoin client, but it is disabled by default.<br />
<br />
==== GPU Mining ====<br />
GPU Mining is drastically faster and more efficient than CPU mining. See the main article: [[Why a GPU mines faster than a CPU]]. A variety of popular [[Mining rig|mining rigs]] have been documented.<br />
==== FPGA Mining ====<br />
FPGA mining is a very efficient and fast way to mine, comparable to GPU mining and drastically outperforming CPU mining. FPGAs typically consume very small amounts of power with relatively high hash ratings, making them more viable and efficient than GPU mining. See [[Mining Hardware Comparison]] for FPGA hardware specifications and statistics.<br />
==== ASIC Mining ====<br />
An application-specific integrated circuit, or ''ASIC'', is a microchip designed and manufactured for a very specific purpose. ASICs designed for Bitcoin mining were first released in 2013. For the amount of power they consume, they are vastly faster than all previous technologies and already has made GPU mining financially unwise in some countries and setups.<br />
==== Cloud Mining ====<br />
Instead of taking physical possession of a mining rig which can face additional costs and delays. Cloud mining is quickly becoming a better alternative. It allows you to 'rent' hashing power from another miner. It can be purchased on as little as an hourly basis thus allowing one to rent from anything from small scale rigs to industrial scale farms. A sample service is [[CEX.IO]]<br />
<br />
==== Mining services ====<br />
[[:Category:Mining_contractors|Mining contractors]] provide mining services with performance specified by contract. They may, for example, rent out a specific level of mining capacity for a set price for a specific duration.<br />
<br />
Mining shares provide Mining as a Service (MaaS). These break large-scale datacenter mining down to easily manageable pieces that are available in the form of shares of equipment.<br />
<br />
Hosted mining services create some systemic risk for the Bitcoin system because they undermine the security assumption that the control of mining power is well distributed. If too much mining becomes consolidated in large hosting providers and an attacker is able to compromise some of these providers they could potentially disrupt the Bitcoin system or rip off people they transact with with reversals.<br />
<br />
=== Pools ===<br />
As more and more miners competed for the limited supply of blocks, individuals found that they were working for months without finding a block and receiving reward for their mining efforts. This made mining something of a gamble. To address the variance in their income miners started organizing themselves into [[Pooled mining|pools]] so that they could share rewards more evenly. See [[Pooled mining]] and [[Comparison of mining pools]].<br />
<br />
=== History ===<br />
Bitcoin's public ledger (the 'block chain') was started on January 3rd, 2009 at 18:15 UTC presumably by [[Satoshi Nakamoto]]. The first block is known as the [[genesis block]]. The first transaction recorded in the first block was a single transaction paying the reward of 50 new bitcoins to its creator.<br />
<br />
==See Also==<br />
<br />
* [http://BitcoinMiner.net Comprehensive Guide Bitcoin Miner and Mining]<br />
* [http://codinginmysleep.com/bitcoin-mining-in-plain-english Bitcoin Mining in Plain English] by David Perry<br />
* [[Automatically mine when computer is locked|Tutorial to automatically start mining when you lock your computer]]. (Windows 7)<br />
* [http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/18q2jx/eli5_bitcoin_mining_xpost_in_eli5/ Simplified Explanation of Bitcoin Mining] by reddit user [http://www.reddit.com/user/azotic azotic]<br />
* [http://www.vnbitcoin.org/bitcoincalculator.php Bitcoin Mining Calculator]<br />
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[[File:Quick-and-dirty-4x5970-cooling.jpg|thumb|right|A quick and dirty mining rig]]<br />
== Introduction ==<br />
'''Mining''' is the process of adding transaction records to Bitcoin's public ledger of past transactions.<br />
This ledger of past transactions is called the [[block chain]] as it is a chain of [[block|blocks]].<br />
The block chain serves to [[Confirmation|confirm]] transactions to the rest of the network as having taken place.<br />
Bitcoin nodes use the block chain to distinguish legitimate Bitcoin transactions from attempts to re-spend coins that have already been spent elsewhere.<br />
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Mining is intentionally designed to be resource-intensive and difficult so that the number of blocks found each day by miners remains steady. Individual [[blocks]] must contain a [[proof of work|proof of work]] to be considered valid. This proof of work is verified by other Bitcoin nodes each time they receive a block. Bitcoin uses the [[hashcash]] proof-of-work function.<br />
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The primary purpose of mining is to allow Bitcoin nodes to reach a secure, tamper-resistant consensus.<br />
Mining is also the mechanism used to introduce Bitcoins into the system:<br />
Miners are paid any transaction fees as well as a "subsidy" of newly created coins.<br />
This both serves the purpose of disseminating new coins in a decentralized manner as well as motivating people to provide security for the system.<br />
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Bitcoin mining is so called because it resembles the mining of other commodities:<br />
it requires exertion and it slowly makes new currency available at a rate that resembles the rate at which commodities like gold are mined from the ground.<br />
<br />
== Difficulty ==<br />
=== The Computationally-Difficult Problem ===<br />
Mining a block is difficult because the SHA-256 hash of a block's header must be lower than or equal to the [[Target|target]] in order for the block to be accepted by the network. This problem can be simplified for explanation purposes: The hash of a block must start with a certain number of zeros. The probability of calculating a hash that starts with many zeros is very low, therefore many attempts must be made. In order to generate a new hash each round, a [[Nonce|nonce]] is incremented. See [[Proof of work]] for more information.<br />
<br />
=== The Difficulty Metric ===<br />
The [[Difficulty|difficulty]] is the measure of how difficult it is to find a new block compared to the easiest it can ever be. It is recalculated every 2016 blocks to a value such that the previous 2016 blocks would have been generated in exactly two weeks had everyone been mining at this difficulty. This will yield, on average, one block every ten minutes. As more miners join, the rate of block creation will go up. As the rate of block generation goes up, the difficulty rises to compensate which will push the rate of block creation back down. Any blocks released by malicious miners that do not meet the required difficulty [[Target|target]] will simply be rejected by everyone on the network and thus will be worthless. <br />
<br />
=== Reward ===<br />
When a block is discovered, the discoverer may award themselves a certain number of bitcoins, which is agreed-upon by everyone in the network. Currently this bounty is 25 bitcoins; this value will halve every 210,000 blocks. See [[Controlled Currency Supply]].<br />
<br />
Additionally, the miner is awarded the fees paid by users sending transactions. The fee is an incentive for the miner to include the transaction in their block. In the future, as the number of new bitcoins miners are allowed to create in each block dwindles, the fees will make up a much more important percentage of mining income.<br />
<br />
== The mining ecosystem ==<br />
<br />
=== Hardware ===<br />
[[File:Usb-fpga module 1.15x-hs-800.jpg|thumb|right|FPGA Module]]<br />
Users have used various types of hardware over time to mine blocks. Hardware specifications and performance statistics are detailed on the [[Mining Hardware Comparison]] page.<br />
==== CPU Mining ==== <br />
Early Bitcoin client versions allowed users to use their CPUs to mine. As the network hashrate grew with more power efficient GPU miners the amount of Bitcoin's produced by CPU mining became lower than the cost of power to operate the CPUS. The option still exists in the reference Bitcoin client, but it is disabled by default.<br />
<br />
==== GPU Mining ====<br />
GPU Mining is drastically faster and more efficient than CPU mining. See the main article: [[Why a GPU mines faster than a CPU]]. A variety of popular [[Mining rig|mining rigs]] have been documented.<br />
==== FPGA Mining ====<br />
FPGA mining is a very efficient and fast way to mine, comparable to GPU mining and drastically outperforming CPU mining. FPGAs typically consume very small amounts of power with relatively high hash ratings, making them more viable and efficient than GPU mining. See [[Mining Hardware Comparison]] for FPGA hardware specifications and statistics.<br />
==== ASIC Mining ====<br />
An application-specific integrated circuit, or ''ASIC'', is a microchip designed and manufactured for a very specific purpose. ASICs designed for Bitcoin mining were first released in 2013. For the amount of power they consume, they are vastly faster than all previous technologies and already has made GPU mining financially unwise in some countries and setups.<br />
==== Cloud Mining ====<br />
Instead of taking physical possession of a mining rig which can face additional costs and delays. Cloud mining is quickly becoming a better alternative. It allows you to 'rent' hashing power from another miner. It can be purchased on as little as an hourly basis thus allowing one to rent from anything from small scale rigs to industrial scale farms. A sample service is [[CEX.IO]]<br />
<br />
==== Mining services ====<br />
[[:Category:Mining_contractors|Mining contractors]] provide mining services with performance specified by contract. They may, for example, rent out a specific level of mining capacity for a set price for a specific duration.<br />
<br />
Mining shares provide Mining as a Service (MaaS). These break large-scale datacenter mining down to easily manageable pieces that are available in the form of shares of equipment.<br />
<br />
Hosted mining services create some systemic risk for the Bitcoin system because they undermine the security assumption that the control of mining power is well distributed. If too much mining becomes consolidated in large hosting providers and an attacker is able to compromise some of these providers they could potentially disrupt the Bitcoin system or rip off people they transact with with reversals.<br />
<br />
=== Pools ===<br />
As more and more miners competed for the limited supply of blocks, individuals found that they were working for months without finding a block and receiving reward for their mining efforts. This made mining something of a gamble. To address the variance in their income miners started organizing themselves into [[Pooled mining|pools]] so that they could share rewards more evenly. See [[Pooled mining]] and [[Comparison of mining pools]].<br />
<br />
=== History ===<br />
Bitcoin's public ledger (the 'block chain') was started on January 3rd, 2009 at 18:15 UTC presumably by [[Satoshi Nakamoto]]. The first block is known as the [[genesis block]]. The first transaction recorded in the first block was a single transaction paying the reward of 50 new bitcoins to its creator.<br />
<br />
==See Also==<br />
<br />
* [http://codinginmysleep.com/bitcoin-mining-in-plain-english Bitcoin Mining in Plain English] by David Perry<br />
* [[Automatically mine when computer is locked|Tutorial to automatically start mining when you lock your computer]]. (Windows 7)<br />
* [http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/18q2jx/eli5_bitcoin_mining_xpost_in_eli5/ Simplified Explanation of Bitcoin Mining] by reddit user [http://www.reddit.com/user/azotic azotic]<br />
* [http://www.vnbitcoin.org/bitcoincalculator.php Bitcoin Mining Calculator]<br />
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[[Category:Mining]][[Category:Vocabulary]]</div>Iamrichard